ETF comparison
IWV vs SPY
US Total Market vs US Large Cap.
iShares Russell 3000 ETF · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Holdings overlap
470 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWV and SPY would leave roughly 80.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPY is 11 bps cheaper than IWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $106/yr more in fees for IWV.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IWV vs SPY.
Top shared holdings
470 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWV | In SPY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORP | 6.43% | 7.30% | 6.43% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 5.76% | 7.69% | 5.76% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORP | 3.82% | 6.22% | 3.82% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM INC | 3.19% | 3.94% | 3.19% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC | 2.87% | 2.56% | 2.56% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC | 2.42% | 2.33% | 2.33% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC | 2.31% | 2.06% | 2.06% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS INC | 1.71% | 2.09% | 1.71% |
| 9 | TESLA INC | 1.69% | 1.64% | 1.64% |
| 10 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | 1.79% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 11 | ELI LILLY & COMPANY | 1.32% | 1.71% | 1.32% |
| 12 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC | 1.28% | 1.63% | 1.28% |
Only in IWV
2,120 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.78%
- LINDE PLC 0.33%
- EATON CORP PLC 0.23%
- CHUBB LTD (SWITZERLAND) 0.17%
- TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.15%
- MEDTRONIC PLC 0.14%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 0.12%
- JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 0.12%
- SNOWFLAKE INC 0.12%
- ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD 0.11%
Only in SPY
34 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.05%
- LINDE PLC 0.36%
- ACCENTURE PLC CL A 0.24%
- EATON CORP PLC 0.21%
- CHUBB LTD 0.20%
- MEDTRONIC PLC 0.19%
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS 0.19%
- TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.14%
- JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATION 0.13%
- ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD 0.12%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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